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Statewide Railyard Agreement

On
June 24, 2005, the Executive Officer of the California Air Resources
Board (ARB) entered into a pollution reduction agreement (Agreement)
with Union
Pacific Railroad (UP) and BNSF Railway (BNSF).The Agreement became effective on June 30, 2005, and
remains in effect through
December 31, 2015.

The
Agreement provides up to a 20 percent reduction in diesel
particulate matter (PM) emissions in and around railyards throughout
the state. The Agreement’s key near-term emission reduction measures include:

Statewide
idling-reduction program, including
the retrofit of about 400 intrastate locomotives with idle reduction
devices by
June 30, 2008.

Maximize
the use of state and federal ultra-low
sulfur (15 parts per million maximum) diesel fuel.